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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D19, folder \"Asheville, NC, March 25, 1965\" of\nthe Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford\nPresidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box D17 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nExcerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich)\nAshville, N. C. March 27, 1965\nThis Nation has been described as a place where a man can live deeper, reach\nhigher, see farther, think bigger and grow greater than anywhere else on earth.\nThe Republican Party starting at this moment must be dedicated to preserve\nAmerica as just that,\nTo accomplish the task, we need far more members in the ranks, more unity in\nthe Party, courage, resourcefulness, creative ideas and readiness to work and earn\nour way.\n*\n*\nThere have been strong indications of unity in the Congressional ranks of the\nRepublican Party in recent weeks. It has been evident in the votes we have had\nsince the start of the 89th Congress.\nRepublican Party shoulder-to-shoulder unity provides some counter-weight to the\nimbalance of power between the executive and legislative branches of our government,\nboth of which are overwhelmingly dominated by the same political party.\nThis imbalance must be redressed through the establishment of a strong two-\nparty system to insure Constitutional checks and balances.\nRepublicans are vastly outnumbered in this Congress, but we can still speak\nwith the voice of a dedicated majority.\n*\n*\n*\nWhile the President has been badgered by some strong Democrats to withdraw from\nViet Nam, he has received strong support from the Republican leadership in both\nthe House and the Senate.\nIn bargaining with the Communist nations, our country constantly gives much and\ngets little or nothing in return.\nUntil we and our allies agree to a \"no concession-no deal\" policy, we can\nexpect more Koreas and Viet Nams an ever-widening circle of Communist subversion\naround the earth.\n*\n*\n*\nAt times, Republicans in Congress will oppose both the aims and the methods of\nthe Administration. However, we will not oppose for the sake of opposition, We will\ncontinue to support the Administration when it is right, and oppose it when it is\nwrong.\n*\n*\n*\nThe record the minority party will write in the 89th Congress will result in\nwidespread Republican victories in 1966.\nExcerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich)\nFISCAL RESPONSIBILITY\nThe duty of Republicans in Congress, as we see it,\nis to exert our influence in a positive, creative manner to help guide the\nNation toward the goals of freedom, security, peace and well-being by adopting\nlegislation based on investing and spending public money wisely.\n*\n*\n*\nA searching and honest analysis can dispel the myth that the\nPresident's proposed budget is less than $100 billion. Including the\n\"new obligational authority\"\nwhich means \"the right to spend government\nfunds\"\nthe budget total is $106 billion. Adding the cash budget, federal\nspending under the present Administration's financial blueprint will be more\nthan $126 billion a year, a new all-time spending record for Uncle Sam.\n*\n*\n*\nLast year, when we adopted the tax cut bill, the majority inserted a\npledge to give priority to balancing the budget and to reduce the debt of our\ncountry.\nThe proposed Administration budget fails to keep these promises,\nespecially when the national debt has increased by $10 billion in just two\nyears to an all-time high of $318 billion.\n*\n*\n*\nRepublicans believe in the goals of greater efficiency in government\nand a less burdensome tax system. The proposed budget from the White House\nomits any reference to fiscal responsibility. This could not have been an\noversight. We must keep in mind that this annual report on federal financing\nhas too many political overtones.\nHEALTH CARE\nA Republican plan has been drafted that will lighten the\nburden of health care for senior citizens. The program will provide comprehens-\nive health insurance for all persons age 65 and over on a uniform basis\nthroughout the Nation.\nThe plan will be entirely voluntary. Costs will be shared by the\npersons taking part in the plan and the federal government. This new approach\nis more equitable than the Administration's widely-publicized compulsory\n\"medicare\" proposal, which would be financed by a regressive payroll tax with\nminimum benefits.\nThe Republican plan will not endanger the social security system. It\nis fair and voluntary. A decision to participate is an individual choice.\nExcerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich)\nFEDERAL POWER We must reverse the trend of having too much federal control\nover States, counties, cities, towns and small communities. A government big\nenough to provide hand-outs in a broad and sweeping way, is big enough to take\naway the freedom of individuals.\nThe growth of government control and heavy centralization in Washington\nmeans that more of our hard-earned substance is seized in taxes and more of\nour decisions are made by bureaucrats.\nFederal government has no business telling States, cities and smaller\ncommunities how to think and plan.\nURBAN RENEWAL The President, in his message on cities, had goals both lofty\nand humanitarian. He described community problems that do exist in many parts\nof the Nation.\nHowever, the message to Congress emphasized the Administration's\nstrong desire to create far more federal centralization of power, which is\nalready in too many instances throttling metropolitan initiative and local\nresponsibility.\nA Republican proposal\na\nconstructive alternative\nwill help cities\nto help themselves without putting the lives of citizens in the hands of\nfederal master-planners.\nUnder the Administration's plan, another federal agency would be\ncreated to command the efforts of urban renewal. The Republican alternative\nwill combine the Urban Renewal and Public Housing Administrations to eliminate\ncostly duplication,\nVOTING RIGHTS The patience of fair-minded people is wearing thin when after\ndecades of waiting and three Civil Rights Acts the basic right of citizenship\nis still denied to a substantial number of Americans in brazen defiance of the\nConstitution.\nThe Republican platform of 1964 pledged such additional administrative\nor legislative actions as may be required to end the denial, for whatever\nunlawful reason, of the right to vote. The present Congress in the current\nsession must enact new voting legislation that will stop discrimination\nwithout depriving the States of the right to set reasonable qualifications for\nthe exercise of suffrage."
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